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The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is "one of the grand poems of [Carlyle's] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact."--Publisher.Read more...

Biographical note --
Introduction / John D. Rosenberg --
The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle --
Chronological summary of the French Revolution --
Part 1 : The Bastille. Death of Louis XV --
The paper age --
The Parlement of Paris --
States-General --
The Third Estate --
Consolidation --
The insurrection of women --
Part 2 : The constitution. The Feast of Pikes --
Nanci --
The Tuileries --
Varennes --
Parliament first --
The Marseillese --
Part 3 : The guillotine. September --
Regicide --
The Girondins --
Terror --
Terror the order of the day --
Thermidor --
Vendemiaire.

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The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is "one of the grand poems of [Carlyle's] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact."--Publisher.

"The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is "one of the grand poems of [Carlyle's] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact."--Publisher."@en

"Biographical note -- Introduction / John D. Rosenberg -- The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle -- Chronological summary of the French Revolution -- Part 1 : The Bastille. Death of Louis XV -- The paper age -- The Parlement of Paris -- States-General -- The Third Estate -- Consolidation -- The insurrection of women -- Part 2 : The constitution. The Feast of Pikes -- Nanci -- The Tuileries -- Varennes -- Parliament first -- The Marseillese -- Part 3 : The guillotine. September -- Regicide -- The Girondins -- Terror -- Terror the order of the day -- Thermidor -- Vendemiaire."@en